1. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
  2. When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.
  3. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  4. A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
  5. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  6. The further up and further into the season of Epiphany we get, the bigger the grace of God in Christ is, the brighter the Light of Christ shines, and the more blessed we are in Jesus' epiphany for us.
  7. We assert, we herald, the truth about God becoming King of the world in and through Jesus of Nazareth alone. It is our public announcement.
  8. Fullness, truth, reality – all this God gives us as his gift in Christ.
  9. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
  10. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  11. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  12. God the Father sent us – his wayward, sinful, and naughty children – his own series of Father Christmas Letters.